2020 - Image of the Week #5

[Kayaker72]

Welcome to TDP forum's "Image of the Week" competition. Each week photographers may submit their images for the title of "Image of the Week." Weekly winners will then compete on a monthly, quarterly, and in our annual poll for the title of "TDP Forum Image of the Year."

• Week 5 entry period will be from Monday, January 27th through/including Sunday, February 2nd.
• Please provide a title for your image.
• This is an open competition for landscape, portrait, architectural, macro, or any other appropriate photographic style.
• Images should have been either recently taken or processed.
• Enter as many times as you would like.

This week will be judged by Kayaker72.

[Jayson]

From hopefully the last snow of the year.

Snowflake

[Zach]

"A Flowers Jewel"

[PatrickH]

Finally saw a little sun in Seattle
Seattle Long Exposure Seacrest 3 by Patrick Hildebrant, on Flickr

[Joel Eade]

"Ready for Take-Off"

[Kayaker72]

It is a tie.

You all win.

Can I do that? I think I may be one of the worst judges of photos.

I love Jayson's snowflake shots. I've tried something similar and have yet to get one I really like. Then Zach comes in with some more macro work that I am finding mesmerizing with both great colors, a bit of contrast and detail. Love the low contrast B&W by Patrick. Very nicely done and a slight different twist, a bit of a "1970's" feel to it. Then, great eagle shot by Joel. Looks to have a bit of extra sharpening (clarity/texture/etc) but that just adds to the feeling of potential energy about to be released.

So, how to decide..... I could see the snowflake on a wall or being used somehow. It is perfectly parallel to the image sensor/focus plane which really stands out. Yep...I am going with it.

Winner is Jayson and "Snowflake"

Great photos everyone. Thanks...Brant

[Zach]

Congrats Jayson! Epic Macro!!!


thanks for this kind words Brant, i don't have a lot i can take pics of around where i live so i've been putting my focus into Close-up/Macro shots as this opens up my opportunities for my photos.

[PatrickH]

Congrats Jayson, would love to hear a bit about how you captured this shot.

[PatrickH]

Love the low contrast B&W by Patrick. Very nicely done and a slight different twist, a bit of a "1970's" feel to it.

Thanks Brant. Yeah, it felt right to back off the contrast with this one. I did the same thing with the color version.

Seattle Long Exposure Color by Patrick Hildebrant, on Flickr

70's is a good description. I was recently going though some of my 35mm film shots from the early 2000s and guess I was inspired